Overnight rain made the conditions even more treacherous on Saturday but this didn’t dampen the drivers' enthusiasm for the opening stages of day two. Stuart Jones began his fight back with a blinding time nearly 10 seconds quicker than anyone else in the BRC. Second was Guy Wilks with David Higgins right behind him. Dramas for Gwyndaf Evans who was stuck in 2nd gear, and Ryan Champion who had turbo problems, dropped both a lot of time, whilst Julian Reynolds had tracking problems making his Subaru a handful to drive.
Despite complaining about a wrong tyre choice Stuart Jones was still 5 seconds quicker than everyone else through the 14 kilometres of Epynt and nearly 10 seconds faster again through Halfway. With Gwyndaf out with a broken gearbox, Jonny Milner, who had not had a good Friday, was now all fired up as he could see the Evo Challenge title almost within grasp.
By mid day service Ryan Champions strategy had paid off and the 2005 Evo Challenge winner was in a relatively comfortable 16 second lead over Niall Mcshea with Alistair McRae now third. His hard push all morning was paying dividends for Stuart Jones and he was already up to seventh.
On Crychan 2 Alistair McRae took the South African built Toyota S2000 to its first British Rally Championship fastest stage time, going just over a second faster than Stuart Jones. Another quickest time for Alistair on Epynt was certainly encouraging considering the car had only arrived on the Monday before the rally.
The final forest stage of Day 2 saw Stuart Jones go quickest from McShea and Champion, and after a quick blast around the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff the crews returned to the end of day service with Niall McShea less than 5 seconds ahead of Ryan Champion. Julian Reynolds, having rectified his tracking problems from the morning, had climbed to third whilst the fight for the Evo Challenge was getting a bit confusing. Both Gwyndaf Evans and Jonny Milner had retired but were hoping to return on Sunday to fight it out under the SupeRally.
